THE CELL
THE CELL is a sculpture like a living organism which greets the visitors of the Lab and provide introduction to them. Designed by Ross Lovegrove with QUAD Studio, the sculpture is manufactured by the latest 3D printing technology of Nagami, with built in interactive sensors, sound and projection equipment. This hyper artistic sculpture is one of its kind, it re-defines the way a conventional reception operates and at the same time giving the visitors a moment of curiosity when they arrive.
THE CELL is a sculpture like a living organism which greets the visitors of the Lab and provide introduction to them. Designed by Ross Lovegrove with QUAD Studio, the sculpture is manufactured by the latest 3D printing technology of Nagami, with built in interactive sensors, sound and projection equipment. This hyper artistic sculpture is one of its kind, it re-defines the way a conventional reception operates and at the same time giving the visitors a moment of curiosity when they arrive.
Client: Centralcon Group
Curator: Linus Lv (Centralcon Group)
QUAD Interior Design Team: Kelvin Chu, Wai Tang, Peter Scott, Dovile Zuokaite, Andrea Sze, Tim Ho, Yuu Yau
Custom Sculpture Design: Ross Lovegrove x QUAD x NAGAMI
Green Sculpture Design: Patrick Blanc x QUAD x RFR
Digital Art: teamLab and Motse
Lighting Design: Tungsten Studio
Curator: Linus Lv (Centralcon Group)
QUAD Interior Design Team: Kelvin Chu, Wai Tang, Peter Scott, Dovile Zuokaite, Andrea Sze, Tim Ho, Yuu Yau
Custom Sculpture Design: Ross Lovegrove x QUAD x NAGAMI
Green Sculpture Design: Patrick Blanc x QUAD x RFR
Digital Art: teamLab and Motse
Lighting Design: Tungsten Studio
Video workshop with Ross Lovegrove and Manuel Garcia
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The Digital Artwork
Inspired by the concept of THE CELL being a liviing organism, Motse moved forward in their design bringing THE CELL to life using digital interactive projection and sound. THE CELL can detect the presence of humans and uses sound and calls the visitor towards it. As the visitor gets closer and interacts with THE CELL, the organism inside THE CELL moves and adapts to the movement.
Biological
This the digital content of the installation by MOTSE. The ever-evolving form interacts with anyone that moves around it creating a digital form of social interaction.
This the digital content of the installation by MOTSE. The ever-evolving form interacts with anyone that moves around it creating a digital form of social interaction.
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Evolution
Evolution is a digital process where the form is a hybrid that merges the evolving form with a dissolving movement |
Interactive
Interactive is an extension of evolution as the dissolving movement interacts with the visitor. |
Digital Context
Digital Context is a simulation of the digital artwork in context. As the visitor interacts, the dissolving movement of the form responds and moves simultaneously with the visitor
Digital Context is a simulation of the digital artwork in context. As the visitor interacts, the dissolving movement of the form responds and moves simultaneously with the visitor
Inspired by the concept of organic life, C future lab creatively combines nature, art and technology in a clever way to design a new future life form. It represents the pinnacle of human art and technology civilization, as well as countless great works created by human beings through continuous learning and thinking from the creation of nature. The combination of machinery and sculpture, artificial intelligence and interactive technology, biological evolution and new material science, this future image calls for all people to come to it and talk with the future of mankind.
The Making of THE CELL
Exploring and developing product design for this technological era, Nagami manufactures sculptural, futuristic design products using Robotic, polymer dispensing arm. With The Cell, Nagami coin a new approach to design that crystallises the natural programming in nature with that of robotics within artificial manufacturing.
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The Installation
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In May 2020, THE CELL was brought to C Future City ready to be installed in C Future Lab. From its manufacture, the installation took 3 months shipped from Spain to Shenzhen. Upon arrival, the installation took a team of seven people to pave the logistics from the ground zero to the C Future Lab located on Level 4.
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The historical installation process was documented by QUAD studio in a 4 minute video
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C Future Lab will be completed in the Summer of 2020 and will be a Lab for exploration that combines art, nature and technology in an attempt to nurture innovation and social interaction
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Client:
Centralcon Group
C Future Lab is a smart innovation platform that gathers visionary and talented teams and individuals in technology, art, design, nature and innovation. C Future Lab explores the ways to enhance new thinking and new technique of materials and ideas in accordance with the planning and operation of a modern city for a pleasant and sustainable urban living environment
C Future Lab is a smart innovation platform that gathers visionary and talented teams and individuals in technology, art, design, nature and innovation. C Future Lab explores the ways to enhance new thinking and new technique of materials and ideas in accordance with the planning and operation of a modern city for a pleasant and sustainable urban living environment
Designer and manufacturer team:
QUAD Studio
QUAD studio is a group of architects, designers, and thinkers operating within the field of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. QUAD studio was founded by Wai Tang, Charles Ho and Kelvin Chu in 2017, together they have over 50 years of architectural practice experience, with project footprints across continents. We believe that making architecture has no geographical boundaries. Based in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, our focus is on a highly flexible methodological approach in designing and collaborating with leading specialists in other disciplines to design high profile projects internationally.
QUAD studio is a group of architects, designers, and thinkers operating within the field of architecture, urbanism, interior design, landscape design, product design, research and development. QUAD studio was founded by Wai Tang, Charles Ho and Kelvin Chu in 2017, together they have over 50 years of architectural practice experience, with project footprints across continents. We believe that making architecture has no geographical boundaries. Based in both Hong Kong and Shenzhen, our focus is on a highly flexible methodological approach in designing and collaborating with leading specialists in other disciplines to design high profile projects internationally.
Ross Lovegrove
Born in Wales, Ross Lovegrove is a visionary designer whose work is considered to be at the very apex of stimulating a profound change in the physicality of our three-dimensional world. Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature his designs possess a trinity between technology, materials science and intelligent organic form, creating what many industrial leaders see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. He is graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial Design in 1980 and obtained Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. He has engaged in design projects of famous brands and worked in international firms like Frog Design and Knoll International. Ross has gained numerous international awards and his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London
Born in Wales, Ross Lovegrove is a visionary designer whose work is considered to be at the very apex of stimulating a profound change in the physicality of our three-dimensional world. Inspired by the logic and beauty of nature his designs possess a trinity between technology, materials science and intelligent organic form, creating what many industrial leaders see as the new aesthetic expression for the 21st Century. He is graduated from Manchester Polytechnic with 1st Class BA Hons Industrial Design in 1980 and obtained Master of Design of Royal College of Art, London in 1983. He has engaged in design projects of famous brands and worked in international firms like Frog Design and Knoll International. Ross has gained numerous international awards and his work has been extensively published and exhibited internationally including the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Guggenheim Museum NY, Pompidou Centre, Paris and the Design Museum, London
Nagami
NAGAMI bring 3D printing and robotic manufacturing to large scale products and objects with a wide range of customisation possibilities. Research and innovation are at the core of thier products, developed in collaboration with internationally renowned designers, who can challenge our technology to create groundbreaking products. NAGAMI craft every detail, from the early conception of a product, to the software that allows it to come to life, exploring new ways of creating furniture and environments which push the limits of imagination to unseen territories.
NAGAMI bring 3D printing and robotic manufacturing to large scale products and objects with a wide range of customisation possibilities. Research and innovation are at the core of thier products, developed in collaboration with internationally renowned designers, who can challenge our technology to create groundbreaking products. NAGAMI craft every detail, from the early conception of a product, to the software that allows it to come to life, exploring new ways of creating furniture and environments which push the limits of imagination to unseen territories.
MOTSE
The Headquarter of MOTSE is located in Shenzhen, Shenzhen. MOTSE is a group of artists, thinkers, creators, experimenters, practitioners who love new media art with passion. The core of the company is new media art. In public space and retail area, the public is connected by visuals, interactive experience, language of art and new media. The essential element is to create and operate new media art exhibition and commercial application themed with new media art.
The Headquarter of MOTSE is located in Shenzhen, Shenzhen. MOTSE is a group of artists, thinkers, creators, experimenters, practitioners who love new media art with passion. The core of the company is new media art. In public space and retail area, the public is connected by visuals, interactive experience, language of art and new media. The essential element is to create and operate new media art exhibition and commercial application themed with new media art.